According to their Web site, "Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes." To create your own beautiful word cloud, go to: http://www.wordle.net/,
Wordle Examples
Below is a Wordle which was gathered through a Google Docs Form from a number of teachers who were asked the question: "What excites you about using technology to support writing and learning?"
How to Screen Capture and Embed a Wordle on a Wiki Page: Click here for instructions on how to screen capture a Wordle screen, save it as a JPG image and embed it as a Widget from Kristine MacDonald, WMS Speech/Language Pathologist: How to Screen Capture and Embed a Wordle onto Your Wiki Page.doc. Below is Kristine's example of her JPG embedded as a widget:
Wordle
According to their Web site, "Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes." To create your own beautiful word cloud, go to: http://www.wordle.net/,
Wordle Examples
Below is a Wordle which was gathered through a Google Docs Form from a number of teachers who were asked the question: "What excites you about using technology to support writing and learning?"The URL for this Wordle is: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2464401/Using_Tech_with_Students
Below is an example of a Wordle created by a teacher entitled A Good Start to the Year:
This is a link to a Wordle of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken poem: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3314769/The_Road_Not_Taken
Below is an example of a Wordle from Anonymous entitled This is Me:
Do you think your students might like to create Wordles of This is Me for themselves?
Wordle Resources
Below are resources that will help you use Wordle: